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Tom Allon

Opinion

Opinion

Bring back the solitary beat cop and put them on each subway

Patrolling train cars and platforms will bring back straphangers and jumpstart our city’s recovery.

Opinion

Publisher’s Note: City & State Florida is now live online

Our expansion into the Sunshine State now has its own website for 24/7 access to our award-winning content, events information and growing roster of power lists.

Opinion

Publisher’s note: Tom Allon helping to launch new think tank

The nonprofit Five Boros Institute will be independent of City & State’s editorial operations.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York has a severe nursing crisis

New leadership in Albany and City Hall must prioritize fixing this public health ticking time bomb.

Opinion

Opinion

A team of rivals should run New York City

The next mayor should follow Abraham Lincoln’s lead and bring competitors into their administration.

Opinion

Opinion

Solving New York’s mental health crisis

The next administration needs a three-pronged approach: housing, health care and community.

Opinion

Opinion

The pandemic’s affordable housing opportunity

New York City should retrofit stores, offices and hotels to address the housing shortage.

Opinion

Opinion

If tax hikes are inevitable, ensure they are prudent

Increases in taxes on the rich should be temporary and paired with spending cuts.

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New York City

Opinion

A tale of two mayors

In retrospect, Dinkins looks better and Giuliani looks worse than when they left office.

Coronavirus

Opinion

NY should shut down before it's too late

Learn from past mistakes and close indoor dining before the outbreak is out of control.

Opinion

Opinion

How to harness NYC’s creative destruction

New York City should come up with a plan for adaptive reuse and regeneration.

New York City

Opinion

How to bring New York City back

New York isn’t dying, it just needs leadership and creative policymaking.

New York City

Opinion

New York City should teach older children outdoors

For the next school year, follow the science on who is most likely to spread COVID-19 and where.